Color harmony chart
First Claim
1. A COLOR CHART INCLUDING AT LEAST THREE SUPERIMPOSED TRANSPARENT ELEMENTS MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER EACH ELEMENT HAVING AT LEAST TWO MONOCHROMATIC COLOR BANDS HAVING COLOR GRADATIONS RANGING IN CORRESPONDING STEPS FROM MAXIMUM BRILLIANCE TO MAXIMUM SATURATION IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RELATIVE MOTION OF THE ELEMENTS, THE CORRESPONDING BANDS ON THE ELEMENTS BEING IN OVERLYING RELATION, SAID BANDS AND ELEMENTS BEING ARRANGED SO THAT FOR ANY COLOR VIEWED BY TRANSMITTED LIGHT IN A GRADATION OF ONE BAND THE COMPLEMENTARY OF THAT COLOR IS VIEWED IN THE ADJACENT GRADATION OF ANOTHER BAND, SAID COLORS OF SAID DIFFERENT ELEMENTS BEING SELECTED SO THAT WHEN COLORS OF EQUAL TONE ARE SUPERIMPOSED THE RESULTANT COLOR IS A NEUTRAL GREY.
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1. A COLOR CHART INCLUDING AT LEAST THREE SUPERIMPOSED TRANSPARENT ELEMENTS MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER EACH ELEMENT HAVING AT LEAST TWO MONOCHROMATIC COLOR BANDS HAVING COLOR GRADATIONS RANGING IN CORRESPONDING STEPS FROM MAXIMUM BRILLIANCE TO MAXIMUM SATURATION IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RELATIVE MOTION OF THE ELEMENTS, THE CORRESPONDING BANDS ON THE ELEMENTS BEING IN OVERLYING RELATION, SAID BANDS AND ELEMENTS BEING ARRANGED SO THAT FOR ANY COLOR VIEWED BY TRANSMITTED LIGHT IN A GRADATION OF ONE BAND THE COMPLEMENTARY OF THAT COLOR IS VIEWED IN THE ADJACENT GRADATION OF ANOTHER BAND, SAID COLORS OF SAID DIFFERENT ELEMENTS BEING SELECTED SO THAT WHEN COLORS OF EQUAL TONE ARE SUPERIMPOSED THE RESULTANT COLOR IS A NEUTRAL GREY.
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Current AssigneeCharles W. Tudor
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Original AssigneeCharles W. Tudor
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InventorsTudor, Charles W.
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Application NumberUS04/098,246Time in Patent Office774 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current434/102CPC Class CodesG01J 3/522 circular colour chartsG01J 3/528 using colour harmony theory
